endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. POLITICAL INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM LIFE is a collection of various parts or aspects. These are separate from each other but yet are interlinked

some Muslim scholars have projected Islam in such a way that every aspect of it seemed to acquire a political hue, thereby creating an impression that the goal of Islam is to establish political power. This

Political power is given to someone to see how he behaves after gaining power. The religion of Islam has various parts or aspects or dimensions and there are different ways of explaining and describing

on negative propaganda against Islam; they adopted Islamic disciplines like history and the commentary of the Quran, not as a scholarly research but only to deface Islam by distorting the facts. It will

will be of relevance to understand what Orientalism is, to look at it from the right perspective. Orientalism has been described in Wikipedia as an ‘exaggeration of difference, the presumption of western

principle characteristic of Orientalism is a “subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arab-Islamic peoples and their culture”. Orientalism is the source of the inaccurate cultural representations

no reason to raise an objection. Such a person is only exercising his religious freedom. But if Islamic fundamentalism is taken in the second meaning of imposing it on others by force, for instance, if

such a case, Islamic fundamentalism will go against the spirit of Islam as well as reason. This second concept of Islamic fundamentalism has produced what is known in modern times as Islamic extremism or

or Islamic terrorism. But the truth is that the terms Islamic extremism or Islamic terrorism are self- contradictory. Islam is a religion of tolerance and peace. It is defamatory to attribute the words

no reason to raise an objection. Such a person is only exercising his religious freedom. But if Islamic fundamentalism is taken in the second meaning of imposing it on others by force, for instance, if

such a case, Islamic fundamentalism will go against the spirit of Islam as well as reason. This second concept of Islamic fundamentalism has produced what is known in modern times as Islamic extremism or

or Islamic terrorism. But the truth is that the terms Islamic extremism or Islamic terrorism are self- contradictory. Islam is a religion of tolerance and peace. It is defamatory to attribute the words

SIMPLIFYING ONES DIFFICULTIESProphetic Method THE concept presented by Islam of peaceful living is based on the idea that, in this world, adversity is always accompanied by some positive, simplifying factor

conceptual approach, Islam offers a new methodology based on non-violence rather than on violence. The first principle of the non-violent method is to show willingness to accept what is possible. A fine

world, he put it into practice himself. The principle he followed was to make one’s starting point what was possible. That is to say, confine one’s activity to the field in which opportunities are available

continues on its journey. YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED What is the essence of the religion of Islam? The realization of God is the essence of the religion of Islam. The realization of God is the beginning as well

well as the end of religion. The Arabic word for this realization is Marifah. What role does Marifah or God-realization play in a believer’s life? The position of Marifah in God’s religion is that of the

God-realization, religion becomes like a dried-up tree. If religion is the body, Marifah is its spirit. What is the first step in this journey of God-realization? The journey of realization begins with a questing

monthly Spirit of Islam, published from Bengaluru, is a treasuretrove of wisdom, a real blessing for spiritual seekers. Its first editorin-chief was the well-known New Delhi-based Islamic scholar, Maulana

one of the most prolific writers on Islam at the global level. Spirit of Islam is a spiritual magazine with a difference. For one thing, unlike most other ‘Islamic’ magazines, it is not linked to any particular

as about dress and deportment, may be a major focus of many other ‘Islamic’ magazines—but these do not find any space in Spirit of Islam, whose focus, its masthead announces, is ‘global peace and spiritual

PROPHETHOODWindow to God-realization PROPHETHOOD or Risalah is a fundamental article of faith in Islam. A Muslim should believe in Prophethood and in all the prophets sent by God and make no distinction

desired for him by God, man is in need of guiding principles. The true source of guidance, according to Islam, is to be found in prophethood. Throughout human history, God in His infinite mercy selected certain

next world are concerned, they must remain forever invisible—beyond the reach of human perception. What the Prophet does is to enlighten people so that they may overcome this human inadequacy. He tells

ISLAMCREATOR OF THE MODERN AGEBeginning of Modern Science THE American astronaut, Neil Armstrong, was the first man to set foot on the moon after a four-day space voyage on July 21, 1969. Setting foot

first time, in the seventh century, the supremacy of nature worship was brought to an end by the Islamic revolution. Nature worship was replaced by monotheism making it the dominant creed of the times.

  Just as nationalisation is an economic part of Marxist philosophy, modern science is a part of Islamic revolution which has been separated from its whole. This is true of all natural sciences. They were

Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been

Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Peace award for promoting peace in Muslim societies. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognized as one of its most influential Muslims . His

young man stopped him. “Where do we have the time for this?” he asked, as the rickshaw moved ahead. What the young man wanted to say was, “I have to reach the station at once and catch the train. Then, after